Eaters of the Dead [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Crichton, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0061782637 ISBN 13: 9780061782633

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2009

Riassunto

From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, an epic tale of unspeakable horror

The year is A.D. 922.  A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs—the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: he has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them—a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .

“Crichton knows how to craft a tale, one that keeps the reader turning the pages.”—Houston Chronicle

“Michael Crichton is one of our most gifted popular novelists. A true son of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. . . . A master of plausible and frightening scenarios. . . . He is a connoisseur of catastrophe.”—Los Angeles Times

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Recensione:

“Crichton knows how to craft a tale, one that keeps the reader turning the pages.” (Houston Chronicle)

“Michael Crichton is one of our most gifted popular novelists. A true son of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells.... A master of plausible and frightening scenarios.... He is a connoisseur of catastrophe.” (Los Angeles Times)

Praise for PREY: “Crichton is a master storyteller.” (Detroit News)

“Crichton writes superbly...the excitement rises with each page.” (Chicago Tribune)

“One of the great storytellers of our age...What an amazing imagination.” (New York Newsday)

“Readers turn to Michael Crichton’s novels for entertainment with relentless drive.” (San Antonio Express-News)

“Crichton’s books [are]...hugely entertaining.” (New York Times Book Review)

“Like Stephen King, like Robert Ludlum, Crichton knows how to keep a story moving. He writes with an undeniable narrative energy.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

L'autore:

Michael Crichton (1942—2008) was the author of the groundbreaking novels The Andromeda Strain,  The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, and Next, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and have provided the basis for fifteen feature films. He was the director of Westworld, Coma, The Great Train Robbery and Looker, as well as the creator of ER. Crichton remains the only writer to have a number one book, movie, and TV show in the same year.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061782637
• ISBN 13: 9780061782633
• Rilegatura: Mass Market Paperback
• Numero di pagine: 289